Freya’s loves to be right in your back pocket!

Children love Freya – and the feeling is reciprocated. Major love affairs are brewing.

WSS Summers end 2023- It’s been a great summer (busy ministry season) and the Holy Spirit has been putting in overtime! (Or we’ve been trying to play catch-up)

What is Freya up to now that she is 17 months old? A couple differences from her younger days 😊

  • She is overall a much calmer animal. She has learned to trust and follow. There is less protest about trying something new and more quiet inquisitiveness.
  • She is beginning to link things together. When we catch her from the field, good things are going to happen, and she is going to be rewarded for her work. As Larry Surrett, one of my teachers said, you get paid to go to work, and your horse likes to be paid.
  • How do you pay a little training horse? Here’s a couple ways: 1) take the pressure off immediately when she makes a good choice 2) accept mistakes and laugh with her when she does. She’s trying. 3) Freya is, despite her size, very interested in closeness and being pet- she loves to be treated to a shoulder rub. (the best ever is a bum/tail (dock) scratch)

One of the things that brings me the most joy is that Freya has no “holes” in her. In her short time on earth, she’s knows nothing but a good home, great herd mates, and caring humans. Love is God’s language, and it is a privilege to bring this lil horse along.

Enjoy the rest of your summer! Love, Susanne

PS. It’s really difficult to get a good picture of Freya because she’s constantly reorienting to be in my back pocket.

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